Get Started in Keeping Chickens: A Teach Yourself Guide

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Master the art of keeping chickens

Whether you are new to raising chickens or are a veteran looking for tips, this comprehensive book provides the resources, practical advice, and background information to help you successfully keep these feathered animals. Raise Happy and Healthy Chickens gives advice and practical guidelines on housing, with full explanation of key areas like welfare, behavior and diet. It even covers other types of poultry ...

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Master the art of keeping chickens

Whether you are new to raising chickens or are a veteran looking for tips, this comprehensive book provides the resources, practical advice, and background information to help you successfully keep these feathered animals. Raise Happy and Healthy Chickens gives advice and practical guidelines on housing, with full explanation of key areas like welfare, behavior and diet. It even covers other types of poultry such as ducks and geese.

This book also covers keeping poultry for slaughter, exhibiting chickens and other fowl, and transporting poultry. You can also visit teachyourself.com for extension articles and a vibrant community of like-minded learners. And if you don't have much time, don't worry—this book gives you one-, five-, and 10-minute bites of learning to get you started.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780071700481
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Publication date: 1/19/2010
  • Series: Teach Yourself: Animals Series
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 288
  • Product dimensions: 5.18 (w) x 7.80 (h) x 0.70 (d)

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Victoria Roberts

Victoria Roberts, BVCc MRCVS is the author or editor of five books on keeping poultry, the Honorary Veterinary Surgeon for the Poultry Club.

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Table of Contents

Short history of poultry Chickens Ducks Geese Turkeys Other birds: Guineafowl and Quail Meat production Diseases and problems: quick reference chart Egg recipes Vermin control Exhibiting Troubleshooting Glossary Further reading Index

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